A manual of electricity, magnetism and meteorology (1844)
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859, Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812-1882 · London Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans · leaf 489
t, and the middle or neutral pointof the magnet coinciding with the centre of the ring,both poles of the magnet will repel, and be repelled by,the ring; and, as both poles are equally distant fromthe ring, these repulsive forces will be equal. Thering and magnet will, therefore, be in equilibrium.… … middle of the magnet is attracted to the centre of the CHAP. III. FLOATING RING. 453 current, on whichever side of the centre it may beplaced; and when the south pole is in front of thecurrent, the middle of the magnet is repelled by thecentre of the current, on whichever side of the centre itmay…
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